https://www.blueprintcrusher.com/docs/assemblies/Recent content in Assemblies on Blueprint CrusherHugoen-ushttps://www.blueprintcrusher.com/docs/assemblies/creating-assemblies/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://www.blueprintcrusher.com/docs/assemblies/creating-assemblies/<h1 id="creating-assemblies">Creating Assemblies</h1> <p>An assembly is the most powerful tool in the library — once built, it produces a fresh, accurate rate every time it&rsquo;s applied, using whatever current prices your products have.</p>https://www.blueprintcrusher.com/docs/assemblies/variables/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://www.blueprintcrusher.com/docs/assemblies/variables/<h1 id="variables">Variables</h1> <p>Variables are <strong>named numeric inputs</strong> you can reference in component quantity expressions. They let one assembly cover many cases without copying it.</p>https://www.blueprintcrusher.com/docs/assemblies/applying-in-rate-builder/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://www.blueprintcrusher.com/docs/assemblies/applying-in-rate-builder/<h1 id="applying-assemblies-when-building-a-rate">Applying Assemblies When Building a Rate</h1> <p>This is the workflow when you&rsquo;re filling in an estimate by hand and want to use an assembly to compute one line&rsquo;s rate. (For applying assemblies to measured takeoff groups, see <a href="../../takeoff/applying-assemblies/">Applying assemblies in takeoff</a>.)</p>https://www.blueprintcrusher.com/docs/assemblies/tips-and-pitfalls/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://www.blueprintcrusher.com/docs/assemblies/tips-and-pitfalls/<h1 id="tips-and-pitfalls">Tips and Pitfalls</h1> <p>A handful of habits will make your assemblies dramatically more useful over time.</p> <h2 id="start-coarse-refine-later">Start coarse, refine later</h2> <p>A first-pass assembly with three components is more useful than a perfect ten-component one that takes a week to build. Ship something rough, refine when you have real estimates flowing through it.</p>